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A review by headinthepages
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
An honest and at times heartbreaking, frustrating and funny memoir from a brilliant comedian.
Brady talks candidly about her experience as an autistic woman living in a world where it can be hard to be both of those things.
Her way of writing is quick, thoughtful and witty whilst also getting straight to the point.
I’m a huge fan of Fern’s comedy, and also loved her as a contestant on Taskmaster recently. It was interesting and also extremely frustrating to read of the lack of allowance for her needs in entertainment but so satisfying to know that Taskmaster was a positive experience. Hopefully other shows and people in entertainment can learn from it.
I’d highly recommend this to anyone, and would just take note of the content warnings
Brady talks candidly about her experience as an autistic woman living in a world where it can be hard to be both of those things.
Her way of writing is quick, thoughtful and witty whilst also getting straight to the point.
I’m a huge fan of Fern’s comedy, and also loved her as a contestant on Taskmaster recently. It was interesting and also extremely frustrating to read of the lack of allowance for her needs in entertainment but so satisfying to know that Taskmaster was a positive experience. Hopefully other shows and people in entertainment can learn from it.
I’d highly recommend this to anyone, and would just take note of the content warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Classism, Abandonment, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Violence, Vomit, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Rape, Blood, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism